Violent Discipline and Parental Behavior

• Tác giả: Saravana Ravindran
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 248.84 Adults
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2023
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 244303
• Chủ đề: 1. CHILD ABUSE; 2. CHILD MALTREATMENT; 3. E-LEARNING INTERVENTION; 4. PARENTAL STRESS REDUCTION; 5. VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN

Tóm tắt

Approximately 75% of children aged 2 to 4 worldwide are regularly subjected to violent discipline across the globe. This paper studies the impact of a virtually-delivered intervention on positive parenting practices in Jamaica. Short-term results indicate that the intervention improves caregiver knowledge (0.52 SD) and attitudes around violence (0.2 SD) and leads to meaningful changes in caregiver disciplining behaviors, with a 0.12 SD reduction in violence against children. Treatment children also experience fewer emotional problems (0.17 SD). Medium-term results (nine months later) show reductions in caregiver depression (0.12 SD), anxiety (0.16 SD), and parental stress (0.16 SD) for treatment caregivers. The virtual delivery has important scalable policy implications which could help decrease violence against children across the globe.